COVID-19, Noah's Ark

Noah’s Ark End-of-the-Year Recap

We wanted to give you all an update of what’s happening in Noah’s Ark preschool.

This year Noah’s Ark celebrated their 50th year of ministry!

Forty-eight students were enrolled this past year, an increase from the previous years.

We want to highlight that Jan Fink and Lori Larson are both retiring this year and so we celebrate their many years of combined teaching with our children.  Jan will continue on next year as a curriculum coordinator with the school.  So there are two staff openings if anyone is interested in applying!  Contact the preschool office if that is the case.

Noah’s Ark Preschool did close in March along with all the other area schools.  With that, the teachers were also furloughed and able to receive unemployment.  Keep them in your prayers, would you?  The staff is still volunteering their time to deliver activity packets to all the children. These will be delivered the first week of May.  We love their hearts – one teacher said, “We don’t do this for the money. It’s all about the kids.”

At this time, there will be so summer school but the plans for summer school in July are proceeding. 13 students are signed up for the July session.

Looking ahead to next Fall, we already have 35 already enrolled for next year!  Enrollment is open and more information can be found on their website: www.noahsarkcr.org   There are still openings in the 3 year old classes.

We are so grateful for the continued ministry of Noah’s Ark.  Enjoy this highlight video from the past year:

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Note from Consistory

Note from Consistory:

Although Governor Reynolds has issued a proclamation allowing churches to open their doors starting May 1, the leadership at Cedar Hills has decided that our services will remain online only for now. The reason for this decision is to honor and protect the health and well-being of our members, attendees, and community. You are important to us!

We are excited to meet together again in person soon and we will be discerning on a week by week basis if we can reopen safely. We believe in the value of public worship and we want to assure you that when our building reopens, increased hygiene practices and social distancing protocols will be implemented.

As we move forward, we ask you to pray that we would have wisdom as we make these important decisions and ask for grace and patience as we adapt to the coming changes.

Blessings,
The Consistory

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Food Pantry Receives $500 gift

We are excited to announce the addition of two new wire basket carts on wheels for the distribution of bread in our Open Hands Food Pantry!

The pantry regularly receives donations of bread from local Hy-Vee stores.  Until now, the bread has stored in boxes in the pantry and had to be unpacked and placed on tables every time the pantry opened.  The two new carts allow volunteer to both display and store the bread more efficiently and allow food pantry patrons easier access to bread and perishable donations.

This is due to a generous gift from Jeff Bezos to Feeding America, with $500 of that gift directed to us through HACAP.

The Open Hands Food Pantry is remaining open during the COVID-19.   We’ve temporarily adapted the hours to Mondays 5-6pm, and Wednesdays 10am-12pm.  Visitors to the pantry can visit once per calendar month.

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Sunday, April 26 Live at 11am

We’ll be live streaming on Facebook at 11am. Here is everything you need for today’s worship service:

Links for 4-26-20
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Video Highlights:

Cedar Hills Kids:

News:

  • Staff Update: If you wish to know more about Kyle and Alisse French’s next adventure into church planting and support their mission, visit http://www.supportkyletfrench.com/  May God bless them richly in this next step in their journey!
  • If you wish to send a special Thank You card or gift to Kyle and family, their address is: 357 Boyson Rd NE; Cedar Rapids, IA 52402.
  • Updated Food Pantry Hours – The Open Hands Food Pantry changing hours or operation temporarily. They now be open only Mondays 5-6pm and Wednesdays 10-12pm… Read more
  • Caring Hands Project – During this difficult time, a Cedar Hills team has been working on a project to help address needs in the community. If you are not in need, we ask that you consider helping us to meet the needs of the community… Read more
  • Coffee Hour – Sundays 10am in Zoom
    Join us before the live service stream! Keep your coffee fresh (and your germs stale) at our digital coffee hour on Sundays, 10am in the Zoom app, just before the live service stream at 11am… Read more
  • Wednesday Prayer Meetings
    In the Zoom app, Wednesdays at 6:30pm.  We are excited to see how we can continue to develop this tool moving forward as we lift up the needs of our community. Read more
  • Cedar Hills Family Facebook group
    If you are on Facebook and call Cedar Hills home, you’ll want to join this group. Be sure to answer the ‘screener’ questions so we don’t decline your request to join!
  • The Cedar Hills App
    Download the Cedar Hills app. Use it for mobile giving, submitting prayer requests, the Bible, weather updates, and insider information.  Download now
  • If you would like a copy of the Upper Room Devotional sent to you, please send an email request to Jennifer at office@cedarhillscr.org.

 

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4-12-20 Worship Live 11am

Sunday, April 19, 2020

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Updated Food Pantry Hours

The Food Pantry is cutting back hours temporarily until the COVID-19 pandemic is lessened.

We will now be open only Mondays 5-6pm and Wednesdays 10-12pm.  We will be closed on Fridays.

We thank everyone who continues to volunteer and donate to our pantry!  We have not been hit with a lack of resources – just less visitors to our pantry to where it makes sense to cut back our hours temporarily.

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Easter 2020

He is Risen! Easter Sunday Service

Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020

Note from Pastor Kent: He Is Risen!

As I prepared for Easter a Headline caught my eye – The Resurrection has not been Canceled.

Timothy Dalrymple shared his thoughts about the resurrection based on Philippians 3:“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians 3:10–11)

This is how Timothy concluded his blog:

“Church doors are closed. Schools are no longer meeting. Businesses are shuttered. Restaurants and cafés are empty, cinema screens are dark, and concert halls are silent. Countless meetings and gatherings, weddings and funerals, conferences and events have been canceled.

 The resurrection is not canceled. God is always in the business of bringing life out of death. Jesus emerged from the tomb so that we can do the same—on Easter and every other day. There is nothing in all the world that could have stopped the resurrection of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago, and there is nothing that can stop it today.

We worship the God of empty tombs. We worship the God of resurrections. We implore you, O Lord, bring life out of death again today. Let it start in us.”

“See” you on Sunday. He is Risen!!!

Pastor Kent Landhuis 

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Lent

Lent 2020 – Day 40

Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Love. Belong. Serve.